HOWARD COUNTY, Md. — Howard County and Baltimore City police are investigating a suspected domestic double murder and suicide that happened Saturday in the two jurisdictions.
Police were called to a Howard County apartment in the 7300 block of Eden Brook Drive in Columbia just after 2 p.m. for reports of gunshots and found a man and a woman dead inside a vestibule of an apartment building.
The woman was identified as Wendy Natalie Black, 42, of the 7300 block of Eden Brook Drive, Columbia, Md. The man was identified as Rajaee Shareef Black, 44, of the 7600 block of Ironworks Way, Hanover, Md.
Police said the suspected man came to the apartment complex looking for his ex-wife and shot and killed her. He then turned the gun on himself and died by suicide. After police arrived, they found the Blacks' two unharmed young children in Rajaee Black's car, which was parked at the apartment complex.
Police said the children have been placed in a safe environment and did not witness the shooting.
Shortly before killing himself and the woman, police said they believe the man killed another woman in Baltimore, who they describe as the man's girlfriend.
Baltimore City police said the man had kicked in the door of an apartment and shot the woman to death.
Soon after the killings, Baltimore police informed Howard County police that the man had posted a video on Facebook stating his intentions to come to Howard County. By the time police received word of the Facebook post, the killings had already happened, Howard County police said.
